Your Right to Know

COLUMBUS — The state Development Services Agency refuses to disclose what Jim Leftwich did as an
intermittent state employee, saying the entire balance of his work is a “trade secret” that can be
legally withheld from public disclosure.

Leftwich, the former director of the Dayton Development Coalition, was paid $114,850 over 13
months to help persuade the Federal Aviation Administration to designate the Dayton-Springfield
area as a testing site for unmanned aerial vehicles.